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Most coders have sleep problems, need 'hygiene and care' 'Special needs', 'poor mental health' in engineer survey

I wish I could remember how I encountered this link, what lead me to it, but here it is.

By Lewis Page

Posted in Developer, 23rd November 2010 11:20 GMT

A study conducted among software engineers indicates that a high proportion of coders suffer from “severe insomnia” and that a majority have sleep problems of some sort, putting their mental health and “hygiene” at risk.

According to the study authors, the primary reason for the sleeplessness of software engineers is that “job-related stress is considered extremely high”. It was concluded that coders “need special attention since they are prone to develop sleep disturbances”.

The study was carried out by Sara Sarrafi Zadeh and Khyrunnisa Begum of the Department of Studies in Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Mysore. The test subjects were 91 software engineers working at a Mysore-based development firm.

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This is enough of a tease.

So, does this feel like another “duh” or a “thanks, already, as if I didn't have enough things I can't control to worry about”?

[Martin Reed]

I don't think this is just about stress. In my year or so researching insomnia for the Insomnia Land blog, I've come across many mentions of the influence that computer screens themselves have over our biological clocks. I think this is more to do with the blue light we're bombarded with when using computers, combined with the fact that many coders and computer engineers find it all too tempting to work when they're at home.

What do you think?

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